New Zealand-bred mare Grid Girl boasts a perfect two-from-two record so far as a five-year-old, having added Saturday’s A$150,000 Rosemont Stud Fillies & Mares Pendant (1400m) at Cranbourne to her first-up victory at Kyneton on November 5.

A professional display from speedy Otaki visitor De Armas paved the way for a decisive victory in the first stakes race on Saturday at Pukekohe, the Listed Counties Challenge Stakes (1100m) with Home Affairs gelding Harvey Wallbanger charging home from last to run second.